You Can't Take It with You (film) Quotes

You Can't Take It with You (film) is a TV program that was first aired in 1970 . You Can't Take It with You ended in 1970.

It features Frank Capra as producer, Dimitri Tiomkin in charge of musical score, and Joseph Walker (cinematographer) as head of cinematography.

You Can't Take It with You (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of You Can't Take It with You (film) is 126 minutes long. You Can't Take It with You (film) is distributed by Columbia Pictures.

The cast includes: Lionel Barrymore as Grandpa Martin Vanderhoff, Lionel Barrymore as Grandpa Martin Vanderhof, Spring Byington as Penny Sycamore, Eddie Anderson as Donald, Lillian Yarbo as Rheba, Edward Arnold as Anthony P. Kirby, James Stewart as Tony Kirby, Mischa Auer as Boris Kolenkhov, Jean Arthur as Alice Sycamore, Donald Meek as Poppins, Ann Miller as Essie Carmichael, Clarence Wilson as John Blakely, Harry A. Bailey as Neighbor, Ann Doran as Maggie O'Neill, Christian Rub as Schmidt, Bodil Rosing as Mrs. Schmidt, Samuel S. Hinds as Paul Sycamore, Dub Taylor as Ed Carmichael, and Halliwell Hobbes as DePinna.

You Can't Take It with You (film) Quotes

James Stewart as Tony Kirby

• (James Stewart) "You know, it's a strange sensation; I seem to hear ringing in my ears."
• (Jean Arthur) "Me, too. And I thought for a moment it was the telephone."
• (James Stewart) "Yeah. I hear voices, too. Voices that say, if you don't kiss her soon, you're a chump."
• (Jean Arthur) "You know, if I were really clever, I could answer the phone without the use of my hands."
• (James Stewart) "Saw it done in a circus once."
• (James Stewart) "Hey, wonderful, you'd be a sensation on the trapeze."

• (James Stewart) "-- It takes courage. You know everybody's afraid to live."
• (Jean Arthur) "You ought to hear Grandpa on that subject. You know he says most people nowadays are run by fear. Fear of what they eat, fear of what they drink, fear of their jobs, their future, fear of their health. They're scared to save money, and they're scared to spend it. You know what his pet aversion is? The people who commercialize on fear, you know they scare you to death so they can sell you something you don't need."

• (James Stewart) "I can feel a scream coming on right now -- it's up here, in my throat. It's fighting to get out."
• (Jean Arthur) "No, please, don't scream."
• (Henry - the Head Waiter) "What happened?"
• (James Stewart) "What happened? Well, there was a mouse."
• (Henry - the Head Waiter) "A mouse in this place?"
• (James Stewart) "What do you mean, 'mouse'? It was a rat, this long, and it had hair on it. And there were six or seven of them."

• (James Stewart) "We can't just pop out of the building with no place to go. Very bad idea that, you know. I know two people that did that once; they went out of the building, they were uncertain, so they just walked and walked and walked and finally they just died -- of hunger. Now you wouldn't want anything like that to happen -- because if, if that happened -- you're so beautiful."

• (James Stewart) "You know, every time I think about how lucky I am, I feel like screaming."

• (Professor) "What about you, Alice? Have you a family tree?"
• (James Stewart) "My dear sir, don't you know that a sycamore is a tree?"

• (James Stewart) "Sometimes you're so beautiful it just gags me."

Lionel Barrymore as Grandpa Martin Vanderhoff

• (Lionel Barrymore) "How's Essie doing?"
• (Mischa Auer) "Confidentially, she stinks."
• (Lionel Barrymore) "Oh well, as long as she's happy."

• (Lionel Barrymore) "Quiet, please, quiet. Well, sir, here we are again. We've had quite a time of it lately, but it seems that the worst of it is over. Course, the fireworks all blew up, but we can't very well blame that on you. Anyway, everything's turned out fine, as it usually does. Alice is going to marry Tony; Mr. Kirby, who's turned out to be a very good egg, sold us back our house; he'll probably forget all about big deals for a while. Nobody on our block has to move; and, with the right handling, I think we can even thaw out Mrs. Kirby here. We've all got our health; as far as anything else is concerned, we still leave that up to you. Thank you. Bring it on, Reba."

• (Lionel Barrymore) "Do you have any Russian stamps for me?"
• (Mischa Auer) "No, nobody writes to me anymore. They are all dead."

• (Lionel Barrymore) "Right up to the very last, she couldn't walk into a room without my heart going thump, thump, thump."

• (Lionel Barrymore) "Penny, why don't you write a play about Ism-Mania?"
• (Spring Byington) "Ism-Mania?"
• (Lionel Barrymore) "Yeah, sure, you know, Communism, Faschism, Voodoo-ism, everybody's got an -ism these days."
• (Spring Byington) "Oh"
• (Spring Byington) "I thought it was some kind of itch or something."
• (Lionel Barrymore) "Well, it's just as catching. When things go a little bad nowadays, you go out, get yourself an -ism and you're in business."

• (Lionel Barrymore) "Maybe it'll stop you trying to be so desperate about making more money than you can ever use? You can't take it with you, Mr. Kirby. So what good is it? As near as I can see, the only thing you can take with you is the love of your friends."

• (Lionel Barrymore) "How would you like to come over to our house and work on your gadgets?"
• (Donald Meek) "Your house? Well I don't know, thank you."
• (Lionel Barrymore) "Oh go on, you'll love it. Everybody at over at our place does just what he wants to do."
• (Donald Meek) "Really?"
• (Lionel Barrymore) "Mmm-hmmmm."
• (Donald Meek) "That must be wonderful. But how would I live?"
• (Lionel Barrymore) "The same way we do."
• (Donald Meek) "The same way? Well who takes care of you?"
• (Lionel Barrymore) "The same One that takes care of the lilies of the field, Mr. Poppins, except that we toil a little, spin a little, have a barrel of fun. If you want to, come on over and become a lily too."

• (Bill Hughes) "What happened? You were allright last time I saw you."
• (Lionel Barrymore) "One of my granddaughters dared me to slide down the banister."
• (Clarence Wilson) "Too bad, is it serious?"
• (Lionel Barrymore) "No, just a sprain or something. The thing I like most about it is the crutches, I've been wanting to walk on them ever since I was a kid. Haven't you?"

• (Lionel Barrymore) "Lincoln said, "With malice toward none, with charity to all." Nowadays they say, "Think the way I do or I'll bomb the daylights outta you.""

• (Lionel Barrymore) "If it's illegal to manufacture fireworks without a permit, then I guess we're guilty of that too, because we've been doing it a long time."
• (Spring Byington) "I don't feel guilty, do you, Essie?"
• (Ann Miller) "No."

Spring Byington as Penny Sycamore

• (Spring Byington) "Were you ever in a monestery, Mr. Poppins?"
• (Donald Meek) "In a monastery?"
• (Lionel Barrymore) "What's the matter, Penny, stuck?"
• (Spring Byington) "Yes, I've sort of got myself in the monastery and I can't get out."
• (Lionel Barrymore) "It'll come to you, remember how you got out of that jail."

• (Spring Byington) "Donald, were you ever in a monastery?"
• (Eddie Anderson) "No, I don't go no place much. I'm on relief."

Jean Arthur as Alice Sycamore

• (Jean Arthur) "We're going to the Monte Carlo ballet."
• (Mischa Auer) "-- The Monte Carlo ballet? It stinks."

• (Jean Arthur) "Have you ever been in a monastery?"
• (James Stewart) "No, but I'm the fella who got caught in a cave once."
• (Jean Arthur) "Were you? Whatever happened to you?"
• (James Stewart) "Well, the cave caved in and I haven't been heard from since."

• (Jean Arthur) "I resent what you said about your brain. I think it's beautiful."
• (James Stewart) "You do, huh?"
• (Jean Arthur) "Mmmhm"
• (James Stewart) "I see. Yeah, that's probably the first thing you noticed about me that you liked; my colossal brain."
• (Jean Arthur) "Well, no. No, it was the back of your head."
• (James Stewart) "The back of my head? I've got a big bump back there. Well, what happened when I turned around?"
• (Jean Arthur) "Well, I figured I'd just have to get used to that."
• (James Stewart) "Oh, you figured."
• (Jean Arthur) "And, you know, it might not take very long, but I just figured I'd --"
• (James Stewart) "-- you just figured you'd just -- well, I'm glad you 'figured.'"

• (Jean Arthur) "It's for you."
• (Lionel Barrymore) "Why bless my soul, a new harmonica."
• (Jean Arthur) "I got it for you for your birthday."
• (Lionel Barrymore) "How do you know when my birthday is? Even I don't know."
• (Jean Arthur) "Anytime I get an impulse to get you something, that's your birthday."

• (Jean Arthur) "The next time you want to go slumming, stay away from our neighbors."

Lillian Yarbo as Rheba

• (Lillian Yarbo) "Why don't you go back to writing your war play, Mrs. Sycamore? I like that one best."
• (Spring Byington) "Really, Rheba? Well maybe I will."

• (Lillian Yarbo) "Grandpa go to the graduation exercises today?"
• (Ann Miller) "Guess so."
• (Lillian Yarbo) "I wonder how many people Grandpa's going to bring home for dinner tonight."
• (Ann Miller) "I don't know, it all depends if he goes walking in a park."
• (Lillian Yarbo) "Well let him bring them, I'll be ready for them."

Dub Taylor as Ed Carmichael

• (Wilbur G. Henderson, IRS Agent) "Our records show you owe back income tax for 14 years."
• (Dub Taylor) "Hey wait a minute, mister, that's too far back, that's outlawed ain't it?"
• (Wilbur G. Henderson, IRS Agent) "What's your name?"
• (Dub Taylor) "What difference does that make?"
• (Wilbur G. Henderson, IRS Agent) "You ever file a tax return?"
• (Dub Taylor) "No sir."
• (Wilbur G. Henderson, IRS Agent) "What was your income last year?"
• (Dub Taylor) "I don't know, about $50, wasn't it, Essie?"
• (Ann Miller) "I don't know."

Edward Arnold as Anthony P. Kirby

• (Doorman) "Good morning, Mr. Kirby."
• (Edward Arnold) "Good morning."

• (Edward Arnold) "Mr. Vanderhoff, you once told me I was a failure as a father."
• (Lionel Barrymore) "Oh, I didn't mean that."
• (Edward Arnold) "I know, but I am."

Ann Miller as Essie Carmichael

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Donald Meek as Poppins

• (Donald Meek) "The die is cast. I'm a lily."
• (Lionel Barrymore) "Have some popcorn."

• (Donald Meek) "Why shouldn't Ed print up something about the fireworks and put them in the candy boxes? That would advertise the Revolution, wouldn't it?"
• (Samuel S. Hinds) "Say -- "Watch for the Revolution, it's coming soon." How's that?"
• (Dub Taylor) ""Watch for the Revolution, it's coming soon"? Now I can use my big type."
• (Halliwell Hobbes) "We've got plenty of these red flags, you can write about that."
• (Dub Taylor) ""The Red Flag will sweep the country, get your Red Flags from Sycamore.""

Eddie Anderson as Donald

• (Eddie Anderson) "I ain't done nothing but I sure is tired."
• (Lillian Yarbo) "Yeah you always tired, for once you was born tired. Go set the table."
• (Eddie Anderson) "I don't see why I gots to do your work just because we's engaged."

• (Eddie Anderson) "There's only one thing worryin' me; has they got Relief up there?"
• (Lillian Yarbo) "Sure they is. They got Relief everywhere, now."
• (Eddie Anderson) "They do? Well, let's get on up there, then."

Mischa Auer as Boris Kolenkhov

• (Mischa Auer) "I feel so good, life is running around inside of me like a squirrel."

Harry A. Bailey as Neighbor

• (Harry A. Bailey) "Did you hear about it, Grandpa? We maybe all have to move."
• (Lionel Barrymore) "Who said so?"
• (Ann Doran) "Well everybody's talking about it, somebody's buying up everything."
• (Harry A. Bailey) "I hear they're buying it up for a big factory or something."
• (Christian Rub) "My landlord told me he wouldn't have sold only they offered him so much money."
• (Harry A. Bailey) "Nobody wants to move, Grandpa, you know that."
• (Harry A. Bailey) "We just put up some shelves, cost $60."
• (Harry A. Bailey) "I've been here for 20 years."
• (Bodil Rosing) "I think we should see somebody."
• (Lionel Barrymore) "Now wait just a minute, don't get excited. We've all been neighbors for a long time, I know that. But if they're buying this property up for a factory, they'll need every foot of ground, won't they?"
• (Harry A. Bailey) "I guess so."
• (Lionel Barrymore) "Well now suppose I won't sell them my place, what're they going to do?"
• (Harry A. Bailey) "That's right, you own your place."
• (Lionel Barrymore) "Sure I do."
• (Harry A. Bailey) "And they're going to need it too, won't they?"
• (Lionel Barrymore) "You bet they will, and it'll take more than money to make me sell my property. Now go on back to work, stop cluttering up the street, we'll all be arrested."

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